Teri Ada

9|Chandni Raat Mein

It was that night when he was due to be back from Delhi, a week is actually a long time but this one week was the longest week she had ever lived. Naira was standing in the balcony dressed in her nightwear watching the moon.
She knew that he had read her letter by now but he didn't talk about the letter in the two messages he had sent in the day which were just the usual messages which were sent in this entire week. But all that gets over by tonight thought Naira.

She had the habit of watching the moon since childhood but now the moon gave her different feelings. She visualised his face in the full moon and blushed to herself. Something struck her mind and she blew a flying kiss to his visualisation that she saw in the moon. Thats when her mobile rang and she picked it up , her happiness knew no bounds when she saw the display showing the name DSP sir 😍

"Kartik" Naira said excitedly

"Naira..." he said and there was a silence.

Both of them were yearning for this phone call since their last call but now when it was happening both of them were at a loss of words was an understatement.

"Ghar pahunch gaye?" Naira finally managed to ask something

"Nahi..raaste mein hoon"he said

"Hmm..aur khaana?" Naira asked

"Khaa liya meri maa...iss baar phone khaatne kha mauka nahi doonga" Kartik chuckled

"Im sorry for that"Naira said

"Arrey koi zarurat nahi hai doctor sahiba , that only showed how much you worry for me. Waise kya kar rahi ho?" said Kartik

"Bas kuch nahi...watching the moon. Aapko bhi dekhna chahiye..aaj chaand bohot khoobsurat hai" said Naira

"Mein bhi chaand ko hi dekh raha hoon...woh bhi ek nahi dho" said Kartik

"Dho?" Naira was bewildered

"Haan.... my moon and the moon that she is watching makes it two right ?" He said

Naira's eyes suddenly shifted from the moon to her surroundings and did a double take when she spotted him dressed in a blue jean and white shirt with his sleeves rolled up, leaning against his car parked on the other side of the lane , his phone glued to his ear and watching her without blinking.

"How long has he been here?" She thought

Kartik saw her finally noticing him and waves at her

"Aap....aaap....yahan....kab aaye the...I mean..." Naira stammered

"Woh Naira...Im here for past 15 minutes, I thought you would notice me but you were busy throwing a kiss to the moon so I called you" said Kartik

Naira bit her lip as she realised that he had indeed seen the kiss

"I didn't know you loved the moon that much" chuckled Kartik

"Actually..the kiss wasn't for the moon" said Naira

"Then?" Kartik got curious

"Haven't you heard stories in childhood that if we miss someone so much then we will see their face in the moon" answered Naira

" Toh phir woh kiss mere liye tha?" Kartik got excited

"Huh?" Naira acted innocent

"Kisi ne letter mein likha tha ki...I really miss you..so...it must be me whom you saw in the moon and threw a flying kiss right?" asked Kartik